"The Fourth match is about to begin. Will Nobuna Riku vs Leongard Alex, please step up to the arena."

Richard perked up as he heard his son's name as he looked back ahead, his attention turning from his wife to the Combatant seats as he looked for his son. "Looks like Alex is up." Anjya stated as she nudged him and smiled.

"Yeah but where is he?"

"I saw him go after the Ren girl." Mrs. Yamoshin stated as she saw the boy in question return from where he had disappeared to and was followed by Ren herself. They talked for a split second and she shook her head, smiling slightly before stepping back her attention turned to the arena and Alex headed off cracking his fingers and popping his wrists along the way. "You think they're into each other?"

"Ah~ maybe." Anya made this face, muttering how adorable they'd look together. Looking at her Roland just smiled lightly at her antics as Miko looked over and shook her head. Trying to hide behind her hand as if to say she doesn't know her.

Rai just nudged her before getting this slightly humored look from her friend before her attention shifted to the stage before her and her smile slipped.

"Miko?" Miko didn't say anything as she turned to her step-brother as he put a hand on his neck and rocked it from side to side.

Looking at Riku, Alex just gave them a smirk before nodding. 'Hey, its a guy this time.' Alex thought as he stared at the young man with brushed back black hair and a Hellsing shirt. "You ready for this?"

"Yeah." Riku cracked his knuckles as Alex shook his wrists.

"Then let's make it a good one."

"Beginning Plaskey Particle Dispersal."

The room turned darker as the lights started to face and the stage was lit up.

"Field 05: City."

"Please Set Your GP Base

Both Fighters did as instructed.

"Battle start!"

"Leongard Alex, Gundam Epyon Rupture."

Nobuna Riku, VF 92 Gundam."

"Launching!"

Field 05: City

True to its name the battleground simulated a city that could either belonged to Earth or one belonging to a Space Colony. In this case it was the latter, simulating Heliopolis from the Gundam Seed Timeline.

Alex looked around as he let theEpyon land, his attention casually sweeping across the deserted streets as he took it all in before he started walking forward. "You know I've actually never fought here. It's kinda weird." He muttered as he stopped, attention turning forward to see an opposing model simply standing a bit far from him.

He took a moment to enhance his camera, taking a minute to get a better look at it.

Both the head, body and shoulders belonged to an F91. The arms, backpack and VSBR belonged to a V2 Buster. The VSBR was mounted on the waist which looked to be taken from a Crossbone. Same could be said for the legs, though the front of the legs and feet seemed to be shaped more like blades. Its arms had a form of boxing glove not too unlike the Master Gundam and even had what looked like a trio of Beam Emitters on them.

"Interesting rig."

"Thanks." The VF92 flexed its fingers and repeatedly bent and straightened its legs, almost like it was adjusting in some way. "You're rig isn't bad yourself."

"Thanks." Alex stated as he started to approach. "Rig's not finished yet though, gotta lot of work to do."

"Same here." Riku stated as he stopped doing whatever he was doing with his Gundam. "Now… shall we?"Alex stated as both Gundam's eyes flashed to life for a moment.

"After you." The VSBR flipped forward and fired before anyone could blink. How Alex reacted fast enough to dodge them was beyond them, all they knew was that one moment he was in the beam's path and the next he was skidding to the side and charging, raising a hand as a sub-arm gave him his anti-ship sword. Before he could fully draw it though, the opposing mobile suit was already on him as it drew back a fist and the beam emitters fired to life. Alex all but slammed a foot on the ground and hit the thrusters, making his forward charge send him to the left as got of the punch's range.

The punch wasn't coming though, what came was a kick the bladed parts cutting into the ground as it made to take out his legs. Alex all but jumped, taking to the air as the kick went under him and finished drawing his weapon before bringing down, only to be met with a spinning backhand that sent his blade sideways. The next fist came shortly after and Alex used his thrusters to back away from and landed.

Stands

Miko blinked in surprise as she watched the brief exchange. "What the…"

"Fast." Taka muttered as he watched the VF92 pull back and adopt a fighting stance. "I could barely follow that."

"Yeah." Rai muttered. "Both their reaction times are pretty good." She muttered.

"That Riku guy just finished testing his Gunpla's reaction speed." One Kushala Mari muttered as she spoke up a bit. "That's what that "Twitching" was for. He wanted to see how well the response was before he did anything."

"Yeah." Miko muttered as she watched the Epyon Rupture stand back up. Rock its head from side to side as if in thought before stabbing his anti-ship sword into the ground.

Battlefield

"That all you got?"

"Not exactly." Alex stated as he took a breath and held it, slowly exhaling as he flexed his mobile suits fingers a few times before adjusting his footing. His thrusters flared to life for a moment before shutting off as he made a noise. "There, that should do it." He grabbed his Anti-Ship sword again as he put it over his Gundam's shoulder. "Sorry for the wait."

"Don't worry about it."

Alex smirked as he made his Gunpla lean forward. "Now… let's try this again."

He charged and bringing his sword down as his opponent weaved to the side in order to dodge. Riku followed with a quick punch to the face as Alex dodged, using his thrusters to spin around and batted the arm away with a now free hand. With his opposite he brought his sword up only for it to meet a raised leg. Riku pushed the blade back down as he spun around trying to get his opponent from behind as he threw another fist. Alex responded by ducking low, letting the fist fly over head as he stabbed his blade into the ground and swung a leg out behind him.

It missed, but it gave him some room to breath. And with that breathing room he activated the tail and let it flare out. Riku made his MS dodge, weaving left and right as he tried avoiding the lashing appendage before taking a few feet back. "So that's the max range huh."

Alex tossed his sword at him, and wisely Riku dodged by side stepping.

He charged in as the Epyon turned, skidding along the ground before lunging forward himself. Fists met before being pulled back. Riku threw a kick and Alex countered by raising a knee.

"Those bladed edges on legs are gonna be a problem…"

Alex deflected another fist as the beam emitters came out and did the same with the next hit. He raised his guard when a leg shot out, aiming to take his head off. When it came back down though it hit him in the side scratching up his frame before repeating the process to hit his leg. His response was to bring out the Epyon claws and slam his fist against the mobile suit. Riku responded by raising a fist to meet his own, only for his mobile suit to suddenly pull back as the Epyon's tail wrapped around it and pulled.

Alex responded with a sudden punch to the face before raising a leg and slammed it forward to push his opponent back.

Riku responded by bringing his VSBR forward and fired as Alex dodged, taking to the sky before flying around a volley of beam fire before retaliating with his Mobile Suit's tail. Each stab of the appendage missed though as his opponent started gliding alongside the ground to dodge before taking to the air himself and threw a kick that succeeded in shredding the armor on the Epyon's before it was followed by a punch that Alex deflected to the right before retaliating with the Epyon's claws and removed the armor on the arm before they both backed away from one another.

Stands

Richard just stared in surprise as he watched the exchange come to an end. "Wow…"

"Wow? " chuckled as she crossed her arms. "That's all you got to say?"

"Y-yeah." Richard muttered as he watched the next exchange begin. "I've seen matches before but… Alex… he's good."

"Have you never seen him fight before?"

"No." Richard whispered. "I didn't even know he was a battler until he came to Jpan a few days ago." Mrs. Yamoshin gave him a curious look.

"Really?"

"Yeah." Richard whispered as he bit his lips. "He's… really good…"

"You say that but…" Anya muttered as she watched the exchange going on. "There's something strange about how he's fighting."

"What do you mean?" Both Richard and Mrs. Yamoshin asked.

"I don't know…" Anya grumbled as she made a face. 'But it seems like… he's restraining himself somehow…'

'This is fun…' Alex thought as he blocked another kick before retaliating with his own. "I haven't fought like this in a while…' He smiled before taking a few steps back before using his tail. When Riku dodged he just stepped forward, letting their fists collide beforet hey were brought to the side as he raised a knee to hit hisd opponent in the chest before raising a free fist before throwing it forward. "God damn man, where'd you learn to fight like this?"

"I should ber asking you that." Riku stated as he spun around and threw a kick that Alex dodged by stepping back. "Where did you learn to fight like this?"

"Oh you know, here and there." Alex smiled as he continued stepping back relying more and more on his tail as his opponent tried to give chase. Riku gave up his chase as he started resorting to using his VSBR. "Picked up a few tricks fighting this guy, picked up a few tricks fighting that guy~ tested this idea out, tested that idea out."

"Learn as you fight huh?"

"That's what my teacher taught me." Alex stated as he grabbed his battle lance and held it ready. "In a Gunpla Battle or in real life, you never stop learning. And it doesn't matter if it's good or bad experience, so long as you learn from it is all that matters."

"Well said." Riku adopted a stance as he got ready. The two hit their thrusters as the gathered speed. "What do you say we wrap this up?"

"By all means." They charged each other, racing across the street as they did. "Oh and one thing you should take from this fight."

"And what's that?"

"Never charge me when I have a Battle Lance out." Alex activated his lance's thrusters, the extra thrust being enough to close the distance before his opponent could react and impaled his weapon through where his opponent's cockpit would be.

Riku could only watch as his mobile suit shut down, a familiar message going off as his screen started going dark.

Battle Ended

Riku chuckled. "Walked into that one didn't I?"

"Fraid so." Alex responded. "Good match though."

"Good match."

Winner: Epyon Rupture

VF 92 Gundam concept belongs to DeathsaDBLblade